INTERSTITIAL TISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interstitial tissue mean? 

• INTERSTITIAL TISSUE (noun)
  The noun INTERSTITIAL TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal

  Familiarity information: INTERSTITIAL TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERSTITIAL TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("interstitial tissue" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interstitial tissue"):

glia; neuroglia (sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system)

 Context examples 

A renal disorder characterized by inflammation and edema of the interstitial tissue of the kidney.

(Interstitial Nephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Diffuse or local inflammation and edema of the interstitial tissue of the kidney, including the tubules.

(Interstitial Nephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Cells in the interstitial tissue of the testis that are believed to furnish the internal secretion of that gland.

(Leydig Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)